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National Medical Association - Region 1 Empire State Medical Association Seventh Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly Cherry Hill Hyatt House, Cherry Hill, N.J. - May 26-29, 1978 Edith C. Reid, M.D., St. Albans, New York Chairperson, Region 1 Henry W. Meacham, M.D., Jamaica, N.Y. President, Empire State Medical Assn. [[image]] [[caption]] Dr. Janet Eve, Dr. Gerard Thomson [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Dr. John Boyce, Dr. Arthur T. Davidson, Sr., Dr. Lucille Gunning [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Dr. Mike Hollimon addressing the Convention. [[/caption]] Preliminary Program* REGION I - NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Edith C. Reid, M.D., Chairperson Principal Co-Sponsor: Empire State Medical Association Program Chairperson: Gerald E. Thomson, M.D., Director of Medicine, Harlem Hospital Center and Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Program Co-Chairperson: Randall W. Maxey, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center Program Theme: "STRESS, CHANGING LIFESTYLES, AND CONTROVERSIES IN MEDICINE" SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1978 9:00 am-12 noon - Nutrition and Related Issues of Survival • Diet, Exercise, and Health: Facts and Fantasy • Weight Control: Approaches to Treatment • Pre-natal Nutritional Requirements • Early Childhood Nutrition and Mental Development and Function • Pre- and Post-Operative Nutrition and the Role of Hyperalimentation 1:30-3:30pm - High Blood Pressure: Update • Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment • Lifestyle Changes as Immunization Against Hypertension • The Relationship of Diet to Blood Pressure Control • O.J.T. (On the Job Treatment) of Hypertension 3:30-4:00pm - Health and Changing Lifestyles SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1978 9:00 am-12 noon - Stress, Economics, and the Mental Health of Blacks • Stress Producing Factors in the Black Community • Reactions to Stress -Pre-natal and Perinatal Stress -Mental Illness -Violence: Homicide, Suicide, and Assault -Alcohol and Drug Dependence *Approved for 12 Category I AMA and NMA Credit Hours. Application for AAFP Credits has been made. 78